Life Time Gold - The [Realistic] Holy Grail

I don't think I've received the card. I still have my Qantas Club Lifetime Member Card in the old style from 2001 when I came across from Ansett.
 
JohnM said:
Maybe you did - and it proved just as unmemorable for you as it did for me. 😜
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Quite possibly - it's probably in the cupboard with all the other real cards I never use - I've got friends that still have their wallets with 20 cards in them
 
The time has finally come. After 8 continuous years as either a WP or P1 and even more earlier in my flying life, I have fallen back to relying on my LTG for QF and OW.

Tbh, I have fallen out of love with QF. The cost cutting despite high fares (yes, I understand costs overall for everyone have gone up but others have managed), slow or non-existent upgrades to product and the degrading service quality (particularly noticeable post-COVID) has led me to look elsewhere. Being BNE-based, this has been particularly noticeable with old aircraft (ancient A330s to the USA my god) and downgrades (I'm looking at you, BNE-PER route). I found myself consistently going via SYD for anything international to get anything decent (the F lounge as well), adding more cost (my choice, I know).

But the time has come to say goodbye for a while. The fall back will keep me using AA in the USA for lounge access and possibly NZ visits only. Spreading my wings to DL, SQ and QR. If only there was a Star Alliance airline in Australia... hurry up VA!
 
boomy said:
6 years after joining QFF I can say it was an intense climb up the SC's ladder all the way to P1 and finally, LTG.
I must admit I was very motivated to collect SC's and it often helped me to get through the hundreds of domestic Y flights I had to endure for my biz trips.

To celebrate this special occasion I reckon there is no better place then SYD Flounge, so I booked my return to MEL this week on JQ35.
I checked in exactly 3 hours before the flight and went straight to the lounge to book a massage. There was one spot available so I didn't even have to wait, my lucky day!! After that I had a lovely 3 course lunch with 3 glasses of 'matching' wines and even had an extra half hour to relax before boarding.
All in all a great experience, I must do it more often...

It's a strange feeling getting LTG. On one hand, it's great for all the obvious reasons, on the other hand, I'm not sure how I will keep motivating myself to fly so much now that I don't have anymore 'challenges' left.
Anyway, 1st world problems...

I would also like to use this thread to thank all the people in this forum for the huge amount of information and all the great tips they share with everyone.
I read a lot of interesting threads in the short time I'm a member.

Cheers
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Well done on reaching LTG, and no doubt Platinum for you next. I am almost at LTG just on 100 status points , which might happen by the end of the year or early new year.
 
Damo_Oz_1 said:
If I recall right, a while back, further QFF enhancements were due to be announced in October. I hope they won't go the BA way by changing the LT status requirements. So close, so close... 😬

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Depends on what they’re trying to achieve

At my age with what’s necessary to get to LTP (from LTG) it’s beyond what I see as value.
Or I better get elected to PM pronto so I can get there !

If you want to keep people on the challenge then you need make it realistically possible to make it
 
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nerdag said:
Agree, a new sub-LTP teir is more likely
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Yeah the issue with the LTP tier is while it will remain quite exclusive they have the issue of most LTG not chasing it. But
Not sure what a tier around 28,000 to 35,000 SCs could offer though.

I’m still a few thousand off LTG but once I have it, I’ll be flying OW airlines other than Qantas mostly. I much prefer Cathay myself or JAL. I’m getting to LTG mostly on self funded leisure travel with DSC promotions. Admittedly I bought a sale F fare next year to Europe as well…. First time in F but expectation on QF are being managed. Plus I’m not that fussy when it come to a lot of the stuff offered in F.
 
justin23 said:
Yeah the issue with the LTP tier is while it will remain quite exclusive they have the issue of most LTG not chasing it.
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I don't care much for a sub-LTP teir.

Reducing WP requal to say 700SC (the difference between Gold and WP) would be more than enough for me to keep chasing status. By the time I (and I suspect most) will have qualified for LTP, I will probably want to stay at home.
 
justin23 said:
Not sure what a tier around 28,000 to 35,000 SCs could offer though.
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The obvious option would be QF F lounge access when flying QF metal, but not fully fledged OWE (no other F lounges). A bit like the way QC works with intl J lounges.

Late edit: another option would be access to the WP award request bot !
 
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